Workin' so hard every night and day and now we get to lay back.

No one can force me to do something unless I'm passionate about it.

I had done the No Doubt record Push and Shove, and that was a real challenge for me: I think after the giving birth twice, going on multiple tours, all the stuff that I had done, I really got quite burned out after that.

How am I supposed to be a mom to two kids, a wife and do a show every night? It's impossible!

I'm just an Orange County girl from a loving family making music with my friends. It's not really that big of a deal.

When you write a great song, it just blows you away. When you write a song that connects with people around the world - I mean like it actually transcends language barriers - you see how it can affect people, and it's quite a tall order to follow up on.

There's nothing that compares to being in a band with your best friends. We're so comfortable together, we understand each other. It feels, like, normal. Whereas solo period felt like I was trying to be something, and play a role, and pretend.